Comparison

Clocker vs The Widow's Boutique

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Clocker

A puzzle game where you control two characters in turns to solve time-based puzzles and advance a heartwarming story. Explore unique time mechanics and a hand-drawn art style in this adventure.

Highlights
  • Dual protagonists narrative
  • Time pause mechanics
  • Timeline manipulation
  • Complex logic framework
  • Artistic hand-drawn style
  • Heart-warming plot
Features
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Clocker is a puzzle game about time. It stages a story between a father and daughter using a dual protagonists technique. By controlling two individual characters in turn, you will gradually solve puzzles, push forward the timeline and the adventure. The game features unique time mechanisms, an artistic hand-drawn sketchy style, thought-provoking puzzles and a heart-warming plot. A vexing and thrilling adventure awaits you! - Dual protagonists narrative Control Father and Daughter separately to experience the complete plot from different perspectives. - Time pause! Father's mysterious pocket watch is able to move throughout other characters' timelines in order acheive his ultimate motive, as a result changing the entire world. - Where's the Father? Daughter's power can resume the twisted timelines, trace the clues and help her to find her Father. - Large and complex logic framework! Each NPC has their logical structure. Every single change of the timeline will influence the entire plot. - Unique and delicate artistic style The combination of 2D and 3D techniques illustrates a lifelike virtual world filled with characters that pop off of the screen and interact in detailed settings and backgrounds. Color plays a major role as different tones and shades represent time in various ways for an additional aesthetic experience.

About

The Widow's Boutique

Experience a historically accurate visual novel set in 1820s Norway. Navigate social circles, manage a business, and make choices that impact your standing and survival in a world of drama and danger.

Highlights
  • Historically accurate 1820s setting
  • Engaging visual novel gameplay
  • Social navigation and relationship building
  • Business management and economic challenges
  • Choice-driven narrative with consequences
  • Explore exciting locations and meet characters
Features
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This is the expanded and translated version of Fru Sems valg, the Norwegian visual novel which won three game awards at Spillprisen 2022. Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger! You are Mrs. Sem, recently widowed and back on the social scene of Christiania (today Oslo), a small town like any other on the outskirts of Europe in the 1820s. Making your way back into society you can explore exciting locations and meet the people in town! Go to balls, concerts and socialize. You gain social standing through your interactions with the romantic interests and the people you meet in town. Go on dates and promenades, and maybe you'll even find a proposal or two in your mail. Remember to hold your friends close but your enemies closer... Having inherited a drapery business from your late husband, you must maneuver prejudice as well as the challenging economic times. This is where you earn money by providing expert advice to your costumers on textiles, fashion and sewing techniques. Will you import goods legally or do you choose to smuggle? And are you woman enough to face the consequences of your choices?

Screenshots

Clocker4 screens
The Widow's Boutique4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Widow's Boutique at 100% against Clocker's 24%. The Widow's Boutique also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Clocker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 19 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Clocker costs $2.99 and The Widow's Boutique $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Widow's Boutique holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Clocker's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Widow's Boutique's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clocker ships an update every 5 months, The Widow's Boutique every 19 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clocker versus The Widow's Boutique: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockerThe Widow's Boutique
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.8 GB164 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperShanghai Game Mirror Intelligent Technology CO.,LtdTidvis AS

Customer experience

Clocker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative71.4%

The Widow's Boutique

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Clocker

No in-app purchases

None

The Widow's Boutique

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clocker free?
Clocker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Widow's Boutique free?
The Widow's Boutique costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clocker or The Widow's Boutique?
The Widow's Boutique is rated higher. Clocker averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while The Widow's Boutique averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Clocker or The Widow's Boutique have ads?
Neither Clocker nor The Widow's Boutique shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clocker or The Widow's Boutique?
Clocker ships an update every 5 months, and The Widow's Boutique every 19 months. Most recently, Clocker was updated on November 3, 2026 and The Widow's Boutique on November 3, 2026.

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